Xi Yin
Research Scientist at Meta
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXi Yin is a research scientist based in San Francisco with 11 years of experience specializing in video generation research since 2021, contributing to projects like MovieGen and Emu. Currently at Meta after several applied-science roles at Microsoft and research stints at Tencent and NEC Labs, Xi blends deep academic training (PhD in Computer Science from Michigan State) with industry-grade model development and deployment. His work spans cutting-edge generative models and applied research that moves prototypes toward product readiness. Notably, Xi’s background in electrical engineering and early research internships inform a systems-minded approach to video AI, balancing theoretical rigor with practical engineering.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical Engineering at Wuhan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Michigan State University
Github Skills (22)
vision-and-language10
segmentation9
visual-recognition9
visual-question-answering9
computer-vision8
face-detection8
face-recognition8
reference-implementation8
modular7
object-detection7
deep-learning6
php6
face6
pytorch6
pose5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
xiyinmsu/PlantVision
Feb 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:10 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
chenjin/datapaper
Apr 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:57 pushes in 6 months
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